Monday, April 8, 2019
The Observer
Outlaws sweep district opener, while Tigers earn a pair of
Union/Cove settles for a home split wins at Yakima meet
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The Enterprise Outlaws
softball team opened Spe-
cial District 2 play with
a bang, blasting hapless
Burns/Crane on the road
Friday, 14-4 and 22-10.
The La Grande Tigers
boys track team posted
two victories and four sec-
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Lexie Gassett and Claire
Farwell both had three
RBIs, and Gassett also
pitched a complete game
to power the Outlaws to a
win.
Enterprise scored the
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put the game out of reach
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ning that gave it a 14-2
lead.
Gassett went 2-for-3,
and Samantha McFarland
also had a pair of hits and
scored twice. Farwell and
Aisya Salim both scored
three times, and Liz Row-
ley scored two runs.
The Outlaws had just
eight hits, but were also
walked 11 times in the
win.
Gassett
surrendered
three hits, walked two and
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Rowley had a big day at
the plate as the Outlaws
turned in their highest-
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since scoring 27 runs in
a game against Weston-
McEwen a year ago.
The Outlaws entered
the fourth inning trail-
ing 6-5, then exploded for
eight runs in the fourth,
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the sixth to turn the game
into a rout.
Rowley went 3-for-5
with a triple, scored three
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Rylin Kirkland also had
three hits, drove in three
runs and scored four
times. Farwell and Jessie
Teeney both added three
runs, and four more play-
ers scored twice. Salim
and Teeney both added a
pair of RBIs. The Outlaws
were also issued 13 more
walks in the win.
Rowley and Gassett
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innings for Enterprise,
and between them al-
lowed just four hits and
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they walked nine batters.
The Outlaws (5-2 over-
all, 2-0 SD2) host Vale in
a doubleheader Friday.
Union/Cove splits with
Prospectors
The Union/Cove La-
dycats softball team’s
Special District 6 double-
header against the Grant
Union/Prairie City Pros-
pectors featured two very
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dycats won a pitchers’
duel in the opener, 2-1,
then stunningly dropped
the second game, 15-14,
after holding an 11-0 lead
in the third inning.
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Callie Glenn shut down
the Prospectors in the
opener by allowing just
three hits, and Union/
Cove managed all the of-
fense it needed in the
third inning for the win.
Harley Creech hit an
RBI single in the third, and
Brianna Kohr followed
with an RBI double to put
the Ladycats ahead, 2-0.
An error in the sixth al-
lowed Jordyn Young to
score for the Prospectors,
but they pulled no closer.
Glenn and Kohr both
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Union/Cove, which had
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game.
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The Ladycats appeared
primed for a sweep of the
doubleheader before see-
ing an 11-run lead vanish
and settling for a split in
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Both teams had six errors
and combined to walk 12
batters.
Union/Cove, playing as
the away team in the sec-
ond game, surged ahead
4-0 on a Kaylin Nowak
RBI double, a Kohr RBI
single, an error and a sac-
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The team added two runs
in the second inning on
an error, and then scored
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Glenn two-run double, an
RBI double by Nowak, an
error and a passed ball.
The Prospectors pulled
within 11-4 after RBI sin-
gles by Madison McKrola
and Hallie Wright and a
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then scored six runs in
the fourth on just one hit,
taking advantage of two
errors, two bases-loaded
walks, two passed balls
that led to runs and a
hit batter with the bases
loaded. All the runs were
scored with two outs.
Kohr’s RBI single and
Taylar Daggett’s two-run
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Union/Cove a 14-10 lead,
but home runs by Taylor
Allen and Young and a Ma-
rissa Smith RBI single for
the Prospectors tied the
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McKrola hit what ended
up being the game-winning
RBI double in the sixth.
Nowak,
Kohr
and
Daggett each had two
RBIs, and Kohr had a
team-best three hits.
Glenn allowed 12 runs
— though nine were un-
earned — on eight hits in
5-2/3 innings.
Union/Cove (7-3 over-
all, 1-1 SD6) travels to
Heppner/Ione Friday for
a doubleheader.
Tigers’ Saturday
games postponed
The La Grande Tigers
softball team’s double-
header against the On-
tario Tigers Saturday was
postponed due to poor
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tions.
A makeup date has not
yet been set.
The Tigers (7-1 overall)
travel to Baker/Powder
Valley Friday.
Mountaineers earn softball split at C of I
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The Eastern Oregon softball team
split a weekend series against the
College of Idaho in Caldwell, Idaho,
with one of the wins coming in the
opener of the series to end a seven-
game losing streak in Cascade Col-
legiate Conference play.
EOU rallied for a 6-5 win in Fri-
day’s opener before losing 6-1 in the
day’s second game, then dropped
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game, 3-1.
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Sarah Bonner’s two-run home run
in the top of the sixth boosted EOU
to a win Friday after the Mountain-
eers blew a four-run lead.
An error, an RBI single by She-
van DeFreitas and a two-run single
by Brandi Bowling gave Eastern a
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rallied to pull even, and eventually
took a 5-4 lead in the bottom of the
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walked three and struck out four for
her second win. DeFreitas, Bowling
and Haley Ebner each had two hits
for the Mountaineers.
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EOU managed just four hits
against College of Idaho ace Colette
Robert as it fell in the second game
Friday.
Bonner provided EOU’s only
run with a solo home run in the
fifth inning — her second of the
series — that brought the Moun-
taineers within 2-1. The Coyotes,
though, responded with four runs
in the bottom of the fifth, includ-
ing a Marissa Maddox two-run
shot for the Coyotes, for the final
margin.
DeFreitas had half of EOU’s four
hits in the loss. Lauren Spencer al-
lowed six runs on nine hits with a
walk and two strikeouts in 4-1/3 in-
nings in the circle for Eastern.
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Saturday
single.
But Bonner gave the Mountain-
eers the lead back with a home run,
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Smith, who threw a complete game
for EOU, made the lead hold up.
of the weekend, but the Coyotes
responded with seven unanswered
runs to pull away and take the se-
ries.
Maddox’s RBI single tied the
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Emily Aspden hit an RBI single in
the second to give the Coyotes the
lead for good.
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strikeouts.
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the Davis Invitational Sat-
urday in Yakima, Wash-
ington.
Sajun White had a hand
in both wins, taking the
top spot in the boys 400
(53.06 seconds) and run-
ning on the winning 4x100
relay team with Nick
Tsiatsos, Josh Zollman
and Hunter Youngblood
(44.55). White, Tsiatsos,
Youngblood and Westin
Blake also took second in
the 4x400 relay in 3:35.11.
Their 4x400 time is cur-
rently the top mark in
Class 4A in Oregon, while
the 4x100 time is second-
best.
Tsiatsos,
meanwhile,
placed second in the long
jump (20-feet-10-1/2) and
third in the triple jump
(42-feet-10), which leads
the state in the event. Ja-
cob Huntsman cleared 13-
feet-0 in the pole vault for
second, and Jarom Hunts-
man was second in the
javelin at 147-feet-1. Luke
Bloodgood placed third in
the 400 at 54.22, and the
sprint medley relay team
of Eli McLean, Maxon
Huxoll, Julian Harris and
Carter Perry placed fourth
(5:22.22).
The LHS girls, mean-
while, notched four top-
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came in third in the 200
at 27.07, and Anna Green
was third in the javelin
with a throw of 109-feet-
9. In fourth was Jenna
Ault in the 800 (2:48.30)
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placed eighth place at the
Oregon Trail Invitational
Saturday in Vale.
The Badger boys scored
32 points to tie for eighth.
Their 4x400 relay team
of Damon Fetter, Justin
Ash, Omar Benites and
Ty Maddox placed second
with a time of 3:43.55. Re-
ece Dixon was third in the
high jump (5-feet-8), Case
Olsen was fourth in the
400 (56.50 seconds), and
Kaiden Krieger was fourth
in the 200 (25.20).
The girls team scored 25
points, with Megan Bing-
ham taking second in the
triple jump (31-feet-0-1/2)
to lead the Badgers. Pow-
der Valley also snagged a
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Bailey Cole in the shot put
(26-feet-7).
The Badgers return to
the track Friday at the Riv-
er’s Edge Invitational in
Umatilla.
Panther boys take
seventh at Prairie City
The
Imbler
Panthers
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scored 26.5 points to come
in seventh place at the
Prairie City Invitational
Friday.
Calvin Martin had the
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thers, taking second in
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vanish in a 7-6 loss in the
opener before rebounding
to escape with a 12-10 win
in the second game.
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La Grande was in com-
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fore Ontario scored six un-
answered runs — including
three in the bottom of the
seventh — to steal the win.
A bases-loaded hit bat-
ter and an RBI single by
Israel Rodriguez brought
home two runs for Ontario
to tie the score in the sev-
enth, and Trey Trejo won it
when he scored on a wild
pitch.
La Grande was in control
early, taking a 2-1 fourth-
inning lead on an error
and a Devin Bell RBI single
before scoring four times
much as a 12-4 lead in the
seventh when Zamora and
Kincade hit RBI doubles
and an error allowed a
third run in the frame.
Ontario scored six runs
in the bottom of the sev-
enth, getting within two
on a Nick Esplin RBI sin-
gle, but Wyatt Earp got a
strikeout to end the game.
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Brody Kincade and Payton
Cooper added run-scoring
singles later to extend the
won despite having just four hits,
two of which were from Madison
Barr.
The Mountaineers (7-25 overall,
3-15 CCC) host University of Provi-
dence Friday and Saturday, likely
needing two or three wins to boost
their chances of making the CCC
tournament.
Both the Powder Val-
ley Badgers boys and
and drove in four runs,
Kyler Malone and Justin
Frederick also had three
hits apiece, and La Grande
again built a sizeable lead,
but this time held on for
the win.
Zamora added three
RBIs and Malone drove in
two runs for La Grande,
which scored the game’s
The La Grande Tigers
baseball team opened
Greater Oregon League
play with a road split
against the Ontario Ti-
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Badgers place eighth
at Vale
Tigers open GOL
play with road split
Spencer allowed 10 hits, but lim-
ited College of Idaho to just one run
and struck out two for a complete-
weekend.
Ebner hit an early RBI single, but
Eastern took the lead for good with
and Jacki Martini in the
1,600 (5:34.57).
The Tigers are back in
action Saturday when they
host the La Grande Invita-
tional.
Isaac Zamora hit a two-
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hits and Zamora had two
RBIs to lead La Grande.
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nings, allowing three runs
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two-run double by Malone
and a run scoring on an er-
ror gave La Grande a 5-0
lead in the third inning.
Kincade, who also had a
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hit a two-run single in the
fourth, and both Frederick
and Zamora drove in runs
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tage.
Parker Robinson pitched
4-2/3 innings, allowing for
unearned runs on two hits
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strikeouts for the win.
Eight of the 10 runs al-
lowed by La Grande were
unearned.
The Tigers (5-6 over-
all, 1-1 GOL) are slated to
host Pendleton Tuesday,
but the forecasted weather
could cancel that matchup.
Kincade went 3-for-4
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and six strikeouts and left
with the lead, but took a no
decision.